Joseph Bernal v. NRA Group, LLC

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• holding that a percentage-based collection fee is a permissible cost that does not require the obligation to exist prior to billing
• explaining that past participles can either “refer[] to a completed event” or “describe[] the present state of the nouns they modify,” depending on context (citing Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., 137 S. Ct. 1718, 1722 (2017
• contract authorized collection of “any amounts” due and “any costs” incurred; court concluded that “absent limiting language, ‘any’ should mean ‘any’”
• contract authorized collection of “any amounts” due and “any costs” incurred; court concluded that “absent limiting language, ‘any’ should mean ‘any’”
• contract authorized collection of “any amounts” due and “any costs” incurred; court concluded that “absent limiting language, ‘any’ should mean ‘any’”
• contract authorized collection of “any amounts” due and “any costs” incurred; court concluded that “absent limiting language, ‘any’ should mean ‘any’”

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Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson
  Supreme Court· 2019-05-28· cited 714×
• Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2017-06-12· cited 622×
• Smith v. Berryhill
  Supreme Court· 2019-05-28· cited 527×
• Baker Botts L.L.P. v. ASARCO LLC
  Supreme Court· 2015-06-15· cited 308×
• Florida Department of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2008-06-16· cited 272×
• Metavante Corp. v. Emigrant Savings Bank
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-08-30· cited 207×
• Dale Kaymark v. Bank of America NA
  Third Circuit· 2015-04-07· cited 144×
• Fields v. Wilber Law Firm
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-09-02· cited 100×
• Gary L. Veach v. Charles R. Sheeks
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-01-13· cited 84×
• Dianne Roden Bradley v. Franklin Collection Service, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2014-01-02· cited 49×
• Seeger v. Afni, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2008-12-08· cited 23×
• Deloris Kojetin v. C U Recovery, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 2000-05-18· cited 19×
• Lang v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 1904-10-11· cited 17×

Other cases named Joseph Bernal v. NRA Group, LLC

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• Joseph Bernal v. NRA Group, LLC
  Seventh Circuit· 2019-07-19